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For the first time, Sri Lanka Telecom will launch Internet Protocol
Television (IPTV). Sri Lanka is the second country in the region after
India to launch this technology.
Head of IP Broadband and Network division, Sri Lanka Telecom, Priyanka
Udugodage said that they received the licence from the Telecom
Regulatory Commission (TRC) over one year and since then have been
making test transmissions.
"We hope to launch this service early June and initially over 80
percent of the country would be covered," he said. Speaking at the
Cisco Media Offsite 2008 at Heritance Ahungalle he said that people for
the first time would have the facility to watch their favorite TV
programmes and News as and when a person wants. (On demand) The
facility would be also available on Mobile via Mobitel as people prefer
mobility and home users can avail this service though the existing SLT
phone lines.
The local Telco industry is very competitive and one needs innovation to compete in the market.
"This is why SLT decided to launch IP TV," he said. It requires a
subscription and an IPTV set-top box, and offers key advantages over
existing TV cable and satellite technologies.
IPTV is typically bundled with other services like Video on Demand
(VOD), voice over IP (VOIP) or digital phone, and Web access,
collectively referred to as Triple Play.